跟读练习: What We Get WRONG About Business | Simon Sinek - 通过视频学习英语口语
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So in a finite game, baseball, the other players are competitors.
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The goal is actually to beat them, that your score is higher, and at the end of the game, you will be declared winner, right?
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In business, there's not really such thing, and so to view each other's competitors is kind of silly, because two companies can sell the same thing for about the same price,
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about the same quality, and both be wildly successful simultaneously.
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Instead of thinking of each other's competitors, because then all you do is focus on reacting to what they do, Instead, you want to find the players who are as good
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or better than you on one or many things and have respect for them because their strengths reveal to you your weaknesses.
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The point is you're not trying to beat them.
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You're trying to outdo yourself.
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I'll give you a real-life example that happened to me.
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I spoke at an education summit for Microsoft, and by sheer weird coincidence, a few months later, I spoke at an education summit for Apple.
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At the Microsoft Summit, most of the executives spent most of their presentations talking about how to beat Apple.
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That's actually the language they used.
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Whereas the Apple Summit, 100% of the executives spent 100% of their presentations talking about how to help teachers teach
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and how to help students learn.
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One was obsessed with their mission, the other one was obsessed with trying to beat their competition.
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After my talk at Microsoft, they gave me a gift.
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They gave me the new Zune when it was a thing.
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Some people remember what that was.
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This was Microsoft's response to the iPod MP3 player and Balmer's intention was to beat Apple and make the product better, and by the way, they did a great job.
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It was a good product.
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They gave me the newest Zune at the time.
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And it was great.
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I was finished with my talk at Apple and I was sharing a taxi with a senior executive.
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And I have this character flaw where I have to stir the pot like you telling me not to mention, don't hit the button.
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And I'm like, ugh.
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So I'm sitting in the back of this taxi just like, I've got to do it.
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And I turn to him and I say, you know, Microsoft gave me their new Zune.
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It is so much better than my iPod.
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And he looked at me and said, I have no doubt.
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And the conversation was over.
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Because companies playing with an infinite mindset understand that there's no such thing as a winner or a loser.
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There's no such thing as winning or losing.
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There's no such thing as beating or competition.
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You're either ahead or behind.
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And the goal is not to compete against your competitor.
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The goal is to compete against yourself.
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How do I outdo ourselves?
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How do we make our culture better this year than it was last year?
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How do we make our leaders better this year than they were last year?
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How do we make our marketing better this year than it was last year?
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Learn from your worthy rivals, those who are better than you.
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Have their strengths reveal to you where you have to improve.
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It's worth noting that a year or two after this conversation, Apple introduced the iPod, which rendered both the iPhone, which rendered both the iPod and the Zoom obsolete,
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because they weren't competing against to make a better iPod.
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They were competing against themselves.
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Thank you.
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这节 B2 级别的口语课以视频“What We Get WRONG About Business”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有：Apple, ipod, beat, competitor, summit。 这段视频共有 46 个句子、595 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 2:53。 说话人语速较快，每分钟约 207 个词，会出现较多连读和弱读。 84% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词，其余的词建议在练习前先学一下。
视频中的重点词汇
视频中最难的 15 个单词，附发音和释义：
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| competitor 名词 | /kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɚ/ | 競爭者 /竞争者, 比賽者 /比赛者 |
| obsess 动词 | /əbˈsɛs/ | 迷住, 著魔 |
| outdo 动词 | /aʊtˈdu/ | 超過 /超过, 勝過 /胜过 |
| taxi 名词 | /ˈtæksi/ | 出租汽車 /出租汽车, 出租車 /出租车 |
| flaw 名词 | /flɔ/ | 疵 |
| obsolete 形容词 | /ˈɑbsəlit/ | 淘汰, 過時 /过时 |
| finite 形容词 | /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/ | 有限的 |
| mindset 名词 | /ˈmaɪn(d)ˌsɛt/ | 心態 /心态, 思維模式 /思维模式 |
| stir 动词 | /stɝ/ | 攪拌 /搅拌, 攪 /搅 |
| coincidence 名词 | /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/ | 巧合 |
| sheer 形容词 | /ʃɪɚ/ | 透明 |
| loser 名词 | /luzɚ/ | 輸家 /输家 |
| declare 动词 | /dɪˈklɛɚ/ | 宣布 |
| infinite 形容词 | /ˈɪnfɪnɪt/ | 無窮 /无穷, 無限 /无限 |
| simultaneously 副词 | /ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/ | 同時地 /同时地 |
值得反复跟读的句子
视频中简短而完整的句子，可以直接用在日常对话里：
- The point is you're not trying to beat them.
- You're trying to outdo yourself.
- You're either ahead or behind.
- How do I outdo ourselves?
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 9 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 you're, I'm, don't。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- 长单词——注意重音位置: competitor /kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɚ/, coincidence /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/, simultaneously /ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/
中文母语者容易读错的音：
- 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: obsess /əbˈsɛs/, obsolete /ˈɑbsəlit/, finite /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/, mindset /ˈmaɪn(d)ˌsɛt/, coincidence /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/
- /æ/ — 嘴张大，不要读成 /e/: taxi /ˈtæksi/, react /ɹiːˈækt/
如何用这段视频练习
- 先完整听一遍视频，不要开口，记下不认识的单词。
- 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
- 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 competitor, obsess, outdo 这类单词。
什么是跟读法？
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。